20 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



The work of the Institute is divided into a department of edu- 

 cation, a department of dispensaries, a department of immunity 

 research, and a department of sanatoria, camps, and hospitals. 

 Two of the outstanding achievements of the Chicago Tubercu- 

 losis Institute have been, first, the establishment of the Edward 

 Sanatorium at Naperville, 111., which opened its doors on June 

 !5 1907; and, second, its work with the county board in the 

 establishment of the great Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium 

 of the city of Chicago, at 5601 North Crawford Avenue. This 

 institution, with a capacity for 1,000 cases of ambulant tubercu- 

 lous patients and 300 bed cases, was opened on March I, 1915. 

 The central office of the dispensary department is at 105 West 

 Monroe Street, and there are eight branches throughout the city. 



About the time the New York Committee was formed, local 

 associations were being organized in Washington, D. C.; New 

 Haven County, Conn.; Chicago; Boston, Cambridge, and 

 Worcester, Mass.; St. Louis; Minneapolis; Orange, N. J.; Bing- 

 hamton, Rochester, and Buffalo, N. Y. ; Scran ton, Pa.; and New- 

 port, R. I. By 1904 only 24 associations had been formed, includ- 

 ing one in Cuba. These organizations were distributed over 16 

 different States, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts each having 

 four. Only a few of these original associations have survived 

 to this date. 



In 1913 there was established in New York city the first work- 

 shop for arrested tuberculous patients whose condition was such 

 that they could work for a few hours a day without fear of relapse. 

 This institution took the name of Altro Manufacturing Company. 

 Patients with or without previous experience in garment-making 

 find remunerative employment there for as many hours a day 

 as their condition will safely permit. This workshop from its 

 beginning has been under the able direction of Mr. Edward Hoch- 

 hauser. In 1920 another type of workshop was established for 

 arrested tuberculous cases, known as the Reco Manufacturing 

 Company. It owes its existence to the enthusiasm of the officers 

 of the New York Tuberculosis Association and a subsidy from the 

 National Tuberculosis Association. Patients are taught watch- 

 making, jewelry manufacturing and cabinet making, trades 



